# \#topic-cards

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## [🔥 Roast my Theme Component: Advanced Topic Cards](https://meta.discourse.org/t/roast-my-theme-component-advanced-topic-cards/391984)

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**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2026, 10:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/roast-my-theme-component-advanced-topic-cards/391984 "2026-08-27T10:31:58Z")

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Hey guys Disclaimer: No AI was hurt in building this theme component :smiley: Yes guys, I am guilty of shamelessly vibe-coding a rip off of the Topic Cards theme component. Hence a huge shoutout to the original autho…

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## [Topic Cards](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-cards/296048)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 108\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-cards/296048 "2026-07-21T21:30:45Z")

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:discourse2: Summary Topic Cards restyle the topic list to display as cards with a thumbnail :eyeglasses: Preview Preview on Discourse Theme Creator :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository https://github.com/disco…

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## [Stray \<td\> in topic-cards](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stray-td-in-topic-cards/404301)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stray-td-in-topic-cards/404301 "2026-06-15T15:46:09Z")

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In 89d5674 the code was glimmerized and ActivityCell was introduced instead of the raw view. The raw view had a tagName="div" but ActivityCell and ViewsCell do not support that, they hard code a \<td\>. This resulted in i…

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## [Topic cards likes are broken](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-cards-likes-are-broken/404198)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2026, 9:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-cards-likes-are-broken/404198 "2026-06-01T09:51:22Z")

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A seemingly harmless “update linting” broke the ability to like the topic in the topic card. The canLike() getter was removed but it was still being called The firstPostId() getter was turned into a boolean PR here

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## [Exclude GIF image type from being used as thumbnails in topic lists](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-gif-image-type-from-being-used-as-thumbnails-in-topic-lists/387446)

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**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exclude-gif-image-type-from-being-used-as-thumbnails-in-topic-lists/387446 "2025-11-03T12:07:50Z")

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Hey guys We use Topic Thumbnails extensiely in our forum, but so do we GIFs. We got Feedback from users being increasingly bothered by GIFs being rendered as thumbnails, so we would like to exclude them from thumbnails. …

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## [Don't show Topic Cards' style in the Suggested topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-show-topic-cards-style-in-the-suggested-topics/312501)

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**Author:** [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dont-show-topic-cards-style-in-the-suggested-topics/312501 "2025-09-22T14:35:49Z")

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When using the great Topic Cards component, the Suggested topics at the end of any page also shows the topics as cards. While cards are great in the main pages, they are overblown at the end of all pages, and distract fr…

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## [Topic cards results in funky calendar view with specific outlet](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-cards-results-in-funky-calendar-view-with-specific-outlet/359775)

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**Author:** [@dubwoc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dubwoc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2025, 2:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-cards-results-in-funky-calendar-view-with-specific-outlet/359775 "2025-04-01T02:49:08Z")

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If the topic cards component is enabled, certain settings result in a funky layout for a category Calendar. Setting the Calendar Categories Outlet to before-topic-list-body the calendar ends up becoming scrunched at the…

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## [Topic Cards conflict with Discocurse-chat](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-cards-conflict-with-discocurse-chat/359499)

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**Author:** [@wxs7655](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wxs7655)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-cards-conflict-with-discocurse-chat/359499 "2025-03-30T14:44:40Z")

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Hello, I used the Topic Cards theme component in Default theme, and when I opened Chat interface, emoji became very small. How to fix it, thank you for your reply.

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## [Add icons for Views and Replies, and Last Activity date in Topic Cards](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-icons-for-views-and-replies-and-last-activity-date-in-topic-cards/312505)

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**Author:** [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-icons-for-views-and-replies-and-last-activity-date-in-topic-cards/312505 "2024-07-17T18:51:15Z")

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The Topic Cards offers a simple and yet beautiful and usable way to render topics in main pages. However, there is room for improvement in the metadata it presents. It only shows Likes. Meanwhile, the also official Top…

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## [Minima Adjustments for Topic Cards](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minima-adjustments-for-topic-cards/303733)

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**Author:** [@traceymoko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/traceymoko)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2024, 7:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minima-adjustments-for-topic-cards/303733 "2024-06-21T07:50:11Z")

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:information\_source: Summary Lightweight Theme Component to make Discourse Topic Cards compatible with Discourse Minima :eyeglasses: Preview https://forum.mellifluidity.org :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository G…

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## [Topic cards for specific categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-cards-for-specific-categories/297454)

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**Author:** [@jrgong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrgong)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2024, 10:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-cards-for-specific-categories/297454 "2024-03-01T10:19:01Z")

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Awesome component! Would be great to limit the card view to specific categories! In its current UX/UI the cards are great for journal/log style topics run by a the OP. Hence we would love to assign it to specific catego…
